Reading Update

I just posted an update on my reading the other day, but here's a brief one on the two books I finished this week.

Book #40 of the year was Write Like Issa: A Haiku How-To, by David G. Lanoue. I really enjoyed this look at the haiku of Issa, who lived in the eighteenth century. Illustrated with haiku by Issa and by many modern writers who aspire to write like him, this book gives six inspiring lessons from Issa's life and work. 

 

And, finally, Book #41! I've been reading The Far Pavilions, by M. M. Kaye, aloud to my husband for months and months. It's 1200 pages long, but we finally finished it this morning. For me it was at least the third time through, but he hadn't read it before. We both enjoyed it immensely.

 

Our edition was a bit the worse for wear, and it got worse as we went along. Just before we finished it, I suddenly realized I had lost track of the last page! I posted on Facebook and asked friends who owned it to send me a photo of the last page, and two friends did. But then I found the paper version again, so we were able to read every last word.